Gerry Yokota shows how over the course of her career, from a beginning academic to an experienced professor, she merged the three aspects of work required of career academics (teaching, research, and service to the university) to shape a life that is satisfying and revolves around what means the most to her: issues related to peace. She discusses the integration of the Japanese art form, Noh, peace studies, and English language teaching with cognitive linguistics serving as the bridge to connect these to bring them to life in the classroom.